- Actors: Jordan-Claire Green, Tom Kemp, Susan Wood, Adam Hicks, Jim Jackman
- Directors: Kieth Merrill
- Writers: Kieth Merrill, Emma Kragen, Steven Paul Leiva
- Producers: Amanda Martin, Chris Wyatt, Daenen Merrill, Ken Kragen
- Format: Colour, Dolby, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
- Language English
- Subtitles: English
- Region: Region 1 (US and Canada DVD formats.)
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9 - 1.78:1
- Number of discs: 1
- Classification: U
- Studio: Screen Media
- DVD Release Date: 1 Nov 2005
- Run Time: 107 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B000AM6P0M
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 161,610 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)
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Format:DVD
I got this DVD for myself as I had never heard of it but but the reviews was good and I wasn't disappointed,it was a great film I have watched it a few times now,great family film
0 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
John Billingsley is splendid as the dog-hater. He teams up with his wife Bonita Friederici in this film, something they also did in the Star Trek Enterprise season 2 episode "Regeneration". The 12 Dogs of Christmas is excellent family entertainment with just the right blend of sinister drama and fun. John Scott.
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101 of 102 people found the following review helpful
Family Entertainment the Way It Used to Be!
25 Nov 2005
Format:DVD|Amazon Verified Purchase
I don't mind admitting it, I am old. Older than dirt. My Social Security number has only five digits -- get the picture? So I'm a fuddy-duddy. But I am sick and tired of Hollywood trying to tell me that "family entertainment" needs to include language that I never heard until I joined the military, and what they call "romance" has to look a lot like "s-e-x" to me.
Remember when Disney used to make pictures that you could take a 3 year old to, or a ten year old to, or a fifteen year old to, or all three to at the same time, without any embarrassment? When the bad guys were bad, but at a kid's level, and the good guys were good, but at a matching level? Well, it is possible you are too young to remember that, but I do.
And apparently Kieth Merrill does too, because that is exactly the kind of movie he has made here. Hollywoood mavens would blow it off as "fluff", but take a kid to see it (oops, little slip there, theatres probably won't show this one -- not "commercial enough") show it to a kid or two by way of your DVD player (there, that's better), and listen to the giggles and screams of enjoyment, and the calls of warning when the bad guys get up to something a bit nasty.
These are wonderful characters drawn close to life, but just a fraction larger than life (especially the bad guys). Villany sneaks around looking villanous, virtue does its own kind of sneaking, and, in the finest of fairy-tale traditions, wins out in the end. Old men in the audience wipe happy tears from their eyes.
And after it all, my feeling is that the more I see of films like this, the less I want to see Hollywood productions. Here is where true entertainment is to be found. Joyful and fun. No big message pounded out (although I suppose there is some kind of message about nice folks can win in the end in there somewhere) just ENTERTAINMENT FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY. Get it, you won't be disappointed -- unless, of course, you're a Grinch!
Remember when Disney used to make pictures that you could take a 3 year old to, or a ten year old to, or a fifteen year old to, or all three to at the same time, without any embarrassment? When the bad guys were bad, but at a kid's level, and the good guys were good, but at a matching level? Well, it is possible you are too young to remember that, but I do.
And apparently Kieth Merrill does too, because that is exactly the kind of movie he has made here. Hollywoood mavens would blow it off as "fluff", but take a kid to see it (oops, little slip there, theatres probably won't show this one -- not "commercial enough") show it to a kid or two by way of your DVD player (there, that's better), and listen to the giggles and screams of enjoyment, and the calls of warning when the bad guys get up to something a bit nasty.
These are wonderful characters drawn close to life, but just a fraction larger than life (especially the bad guys). Villany sneaks around looking villanous, virtue does its own kind of sneaking, and, in the finest of fairy-tale traditions, wins out in the end. Old men in the audience wipe happy tears from their eyes.
And after it all, my feeling is that the more I see of films like this, the less I want to see Hollywood productions. Here is where true entertainment is to be found. Joyful and fun. No big message pounded out (although I suppose there is some kind of message about nice folks can win in the end in there somewhere) just ENTERTAINMENT FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY. Get it, you won't be disappointed -- unless, of course, you're a Grinch!
29 of 30 people found the following review helpful
Love this movie!
8 Nov 2005
Format:DVD
Ohmygosh---this movie is awesome. I watched it with a bunch of kids and even 2 year olds will watch the whole thing. The story is really sweet and we adults all cried, it was so touching. What a big, happy ending! The photography is amazing and the music is SO GREAT! WOW! Buy it for all your friends who have dogs or kids or just love a fantastic Christmas story. We love the book too, but this is a total FAMILY experience.
19 of 19 people found the following review helpful
A Christmas show for dog lovers
26 Dec 2005
Format:DVD
I bought this movie for a Christmas present for my grandaughters. We watched it Christmas Day and we loved it. There just arent enough dog movies for me....so what a great find to have a Christmas one.Set back in the 1930's, they started a dog orphanage and some 75 years later...many are closing due to lack of funding. Gave me alot to think about. A must own movie for dog lovers.
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